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verb

Greekἐπιμελέομαι (epimeleomai)
Biblang

epimelomō

Strong’sG1959

I take care of, attend to

stem epimel-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐπι-μελέομαι, -οῦμαι

[in LXX: Ge 44:21 (עֵיוַים שִׁים) I Es 6:27, Pr 27:25, Si 33:13 (30:25), I Mac 11:37 *;]

to take care of: c. gen., Lk 10:34, 35, I Ti 3:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1959 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-mel-eh'-om-ahee

to care for (physically or otherwise)

Frommiddle voice from G1909 and the same as G3199;

King Jamestake care of.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἐπιμελ-έομαι,
also ἐπιμελ-μέλομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; the contraction form prevails in codices, e.g.Refs 4th c.BC+, and is required by the metre in Refs: future ἐπιμελήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; -μεληθήσομαι variant in Refs (Doric dialect 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -θησεῖ Refs: aorist ἐπεμελήθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ἐπιμεμέλημαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41: active only in Refs:—take care of, have charge or management of, rare in Poets, as Refs 5th c.BC+; [ὑπὲρ] τῆς στρατηγίας Refs 5th c.BC+: c.accusative et infinitive, take care that.. , Refs: c.genitive et infinitive, Refs with indicative future or subjunctive aorist, Foed. cited in Refs: with optative after an aorist, Refs; by ὅπως c.infinitive, Refs; by ὡς with optative (after past tenses), Refs; also ἐ. τινὸς ὅπως ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2d; by ἵνα c.subjunctive, Refs 2nd c.BC+: with neuter adjective in accusative, take care with respect to a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, ἐ. πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν Refs: absolutely, give heed, attend, Refs 5th c.BC+
2. of public commissions, have charge of, be inspector or curator of, τῶν μοριῶν ἐλαῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁδῶν (of the Roman cura viarum) Refs —in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr., ἐπιμεληθῆναι (_infinitive_ = _imperative_) is usual of a definite commission, ποιήσεως “IG” 22.555, etc. (so -ηθέντωνRefs
3. to be engaged in, cultivate any pursuit, art, etc., δυοῖν τέχναιν Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

take care of2×took care of1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
epimelitiἐπιμελήσεταιwill happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singulartake care of1×
epimelitaἐπεμελήθηhappened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singulartook care of1×
epimelisarἘπιμελήθητιhappened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singulartake care of1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularepimelomōepimelomeepimelomēepimelomelē
you 2nd person singularepimelosōepimeloseepimelosēepimeloselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimelotōepimeloteepimelotēepimelotelē
we 1st person pluralepimelonōepimeloneepimelonēepimelonelē
ye 2nd person pluralepimelovōepimeloveepimelovēepimelovelē
they 3rd person pluralepimelolōepimeloleepimelolēepimelolelē

acted on passive voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularepimelimiepimelima
you 2nd person singularepimelisiepimelisa
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimeliti1×ἐπιμελήσεταιepimelita1×ἐπεμελήθη
we 1st person pluralepimeliniepimelina
ye 2nd person pluralepimeliviepimeliva
they 3rd person pluralepimeliliepimelila
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularepimelomeiōepimelomeiē
you 2nd person singularepimeloseiōepimeloseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimeloteiōepimeloteiē
we 1st person pluralepimeloneiōepimeloneiē
ye 2nd person pluralepimeloveiōepimeloveiē
they 3rd person pluralepimeloleiōepimeloleiē

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularepimelimeia
you 2nd person singularepimeliseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimeliteia
we 1st person pluralepimelineia
ye 2nd person pluralepimeliveia
they 3rd person pluralepimelileia
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularepimelosōrepimelosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimelotōrepimelotēr
ye 2nd person pluralepimelovōrepimelovēr
they 3rd person pluralepimelolōrepimelolēr

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularepimelisar1×Ἐπιμελήθητι
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimelitar
ye 2nd person pluralepimelivar
they 3rd person pluralepimelilar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularepimelomoiō
you 2nd person singularepimelosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimelotoiō
we 1st person pluralepimelonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralepimelovoiō
they 3rd person pluralepimeloloiō

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularepimelimoia
you 2nd person singularepimelisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimelitoia
we 1st person pluralepimelinoia
ye 2nd person pluralepimelivoia
they 3rd person pluralepimeliloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceepimelorōepimelorē
acted on passive voiceepimeliriepimelira
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceepimelorōntosepimelorēntos
acted on passive voiceepimelirintosepimelirantos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
epimelstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epimel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

epimeliti“take care of”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

1 Timothy 3:5“take care of”… prostēara ouk oidatē, pōs ekklēsau theou epimeliti… someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

epimelita“took care of”happened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 10:34… ktēnem agata auton eis pandocheiem kai epimelita autou.… brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

epimelisar“take care of”happened · youaorist passive imperative 2nd person singular1×

Luke 10:35… dēnarieim dōata to pandochevo kai legata; Epimelisar autou, kai hem tinem an prosdapanaseia …… and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my …